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MISS CALICO CAME TO OUR HOUSE
December 31, 1979 ~ June 23, 1999 I must tell you this little story It happened about two decades ago A little kitten came to our house She was a little "calico". The next-door lady gave her away To a woman down the road She did not stay: she came back To our house, she slowly strode. She'd rub her love against your legs No attention did I give her Not even to caress at first Sure ! She had a loving purr. She had to hunt for all her food A great hunter she became She'd bring to me her kill sometimes Only to make me feel ashame. I started feeding her one-day In the house so undisturbed A name for her, it had to be "Miss Calico" was just superb. A special chair I gave to her When after eating she would go Only in this chair she laid Over the years, she would out-grow. J.R. had built a ped-es-tal By the window for her to sit Out over the hay meadow she would look She ruled her domain, I must admit. When our neighbor's little boy would come He wanted to know what she was on One day I told him, "That's her THRONE" He tried to say it, but it came out THRONG! Miss Calico had her loving ways Won ev-ery-body's heart They could not help but talk to her Before they would depart. Even Dan, our nice postman Would talk to her, when on the porch he crept And leaving mail on her bench . . . . On the bench where she would sleep. The most pre-cious thing I've seen Miss Calico do, when spoken to I'd say, "Oh! I know, you're so pretty" She'd flop over: with love, to bestow. In winter was the only time She would jump up into your lap Some petting she would take for a-while And then at you, she'd snap. She had so many funny antics When the can opener, she could hear To the kitchen, she would scamper To see what morsels you can spare. She loved this place, she saw it grow House being built ~ Barn being built "CALICO MEADOWS", we named our place All just for her, we have no guilt. For more than nineteen years, now We cherished our Miss Calico Today is the first an-ni-ver-sary Of the day she had to go. If there is such a place as "Cat Heaven", she has to be Happy and content I wish for her "Rest in peace with a good heart and Our Love". B M Carathers |
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4.15.2001